Training for Christmas Exercising Santa Automaton

A wood automaton created by Dug North. This automaton was made for an article that appeared in Woodcraft magazine s holiday issue, 2005. Turn the crank to see Santa work out on the parallel bars preparation for going up and down millions of chimneys on Christmas Eve. The automaton is made of solid cherry with brass hardware. The figure is handcarved from basswood. For more information on this and other automaton and North s other work, visit Trainin